¹Waxaan axdi la dhigtay indhahayga, Haddaba bal sidee baan gabadh u fiirinayaa?

¹A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what — do I attend to a virgin?

²Waayo, waa maxay qaybta laga helo Ilaaha xagga sare jooga, Iyo dhaxalka laga helo Ilaaha Qaadirka ah oo sarreeya?

²And what [is] the portion of God from above? And the inheritance of the Mighty from the heights?

³Sow belaayo uma aha kuwa xaqa daran, Iyo masiibo kuwa xumaanta ka shaqeeya?

³Is not calamity to the perverse? And strangeness to workers of iniquity?

⁴Isagu sow uma jeedin socodkayga oo dhan? Oo sow ma tirinin tallaabooyinkayga oo dhan?

⁴Doth not He see my ways, And all my steps number?

⁵Haddaan hawo been ah ku socday, Oo ay cagtaydu khiyaano u dheeraysay,

⁵If I have walked with vanity, And my foot doth hasten to deceit,

⁶(Ha laygu miisaamo miisaan siman, Si Ilaah ku ogaado daacadnimadayda, )

⁶He doth weigh me in righteous balances, And God doth know my integrity.

⁷Haddii tallaabadaydu jidka gees uga leexatay, Oo qalbigaygu uu indhahayga raacay, Iyo haddii ay bar ceeb ahu gacmahayga ku dhegtay,

⁷If my step doth turn aside from the way, And after mine eyes hath my heart gone, And to my hands cleaved hath blemish,

⁸Markaas anigu aan wax beero, oo mid kale ha cuno, Oo xataa waxa beertayda ka soo baxa ha la wada rujiyo.

⁸Let me sow — and another eat, And my products let be rooted out.

⁹Haddii qalbigayga ay naagu sasabatay, Oo aan albaabka deriskayga ku ag dhuuntay,

⁹If my heart hath been enticed by woman, And by the opening of my neighbour I laid wait,

¹⁰Markaas naagtaydu nin kale wax ha u shiiddo, Oo kuwa kale ha ku kor foororsadeen iyada.

¹⁰Grind to another let my wife, And over her let others bend.

¹¹Waayo, kaasu waa dembi baas, Oo waa xumaan ay xaakinnadu ciqaabi lahaayeen,

¹¹For it [is] a wicked thing, and a judicial iniquity;

¹²Waayo, kaasu waa dab wax dhammeeya ilaa uu baabbi'iyo, Oo waxa ii soo baxa oo dhan wuu wada rujin lahaa.

¹²For a fire it [is], to destruction it consumeth, And among all mine increase doth take root,

¹³Haddaan addoonkayga ama addoontayda dacwadooda quudhsaday, Markay ila mudacayeen,

¹³If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,

¹⁴Haddaba bal maxaan samayn doonaa markii Ilaah sara joogsado? Oo markuu i soo booqdose bal maxaan ugu jawaabi doonaa?

¹⁴Then what do I do when God ariseth? And when He doth inspect, What do I answer Him?

¹⁵Kii uurka dhexdiisa igu abuuray sow isagana ma abuurin? Oo sow uurka nalaguma dhex samayn?

¹⁵Did not He that made me in the womb make him? Yea, prepare us in the womb doth One.

¹⁶Haddaan miskiin u diiday wax uu doonayay, Ama aan indhaha carmalka illin ka keenay,

¹⁶If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,

¹⁷Amase haddaan quudkayga keligay cunay, Oo ayan agoontu wax ka cunin,

¹⁷And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it,

¹⁸(Saas ma aha, laakiinse isaga tan iyo yaraantaydii waan koriyey sidii mid aabbihiis koriyo oo kale, Oo tan iyo markaan uurkii hooyaday ka soo baxayna waxaan iyada u ahaan jiray horseed, )

¹⁸(But from my youth He grew up with me as [with] a father, And from the belly of my mother I am led.)

¹⁹Haddaan arkay qof arrad daraaddiis u dhimanaya, Amase sabool baahan oo aan dhar haysan,

¹⁹If I see [any] perishing without clothing, And there is no covering to the needy,

²⁰Hadduusan uurka iiga ducayn, Amase hadduusan isku kululayn dhogorta idahayga,

²⁰If his loins have not blessed me, And from the fleece of my sheep He doth not warm himself,

²¹Caawimaaddaydii oo aan iridda uga jeeday daraaddeed, Haddaan agoon gacantayda u qaaday,

²¹If I have waved at the fatherless my hand, When I see in [him] the gate of my court,

²²Markaas garabkaygu ha kala fakado, Oo gacantayduna kalagooyska ha ka jabto.

²²My shoulder from its blade let fall, And mine arm from the bone be broken.

²³Waayo, masiibo xag Ilaah ka timid ayaa i cabsiisay, Oo sarraysnaantiisa daraaddeedna anigu waxba ma aanan samayn karin.

²³For a dread unto me [is] calamity [from] God, And because of His excellency I am not able.

²⁴Haddaan dahab rajo ka dhigtay, Oo aan dahabka saafiga ah ku idhi, Kalsoonidayda baad tahay,

²⁴If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, `My trust,`

²⁵Haddaan ku reyreeyey maalkayga badan daraaddiis, Iyo waxyaalaha badan oo gacantaydu heshay daraaddood,

²⁵If I rejoice because great [is] my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,

²⁶Haddaan fiiriyey qorraxda oo dhalaalaysa, Ama dayaxa oo iftiin ku socda,

²⁶If I see the light when it shineth, And the precious moon walking,

²⁷Oo markaas qalbigayga haddii qarsoodi loo sasabtay, Oo anoo caabudaya aan afkayga gacanta ugu dhunkaday,

²⁷And my heart is enticed in secret, And my hand doth kiss my mouth,

²⁸Kaasu weliba waa dembi ay xaakinnadii ciqaabi lahaayeen, Waayo, waxaan daacadlaawe u ahaan lahaa Ilaaha wax walba ka sarreeya.

²⁸It also [is] a judicial iniquity, For I had lied to God above.

²⁹Haddaan ku reyreeyey kan i neceb halligaaddiisa, Ama aan aad u farxay markii belaayadu isaga heshay,

²⁹If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, And stirred up myself when evil found him,

³⁰(Afkayga uma aanan oggolaan inuu ku dembaabo Naftiisa oo aan habaar u weyddiisto;)

³⁰Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin, To ask with an oath his life.

³¹Dadka teendhadayda jooga haddayan isku odhan, Yaa heli kara mid aan hilibkiisa ka dhergin?

³¹If not — say ye, O men of my tent, `O that we had of his flesh, we are not satisfied.`

³²Shisheeyuhu jidka kuma baryi jirin, Laakiinse socotada ayaan albaabbadayda u furi jiray,

³²In the street doth not lodge a stranger, My doors to the traveller I open.

³³Haddaan xadgudubkaygii daboolay sidii binu-aadmiga oo kale, Anigoo xumaantayda laabtayda ku qarinaya,

³³If I have covered as Adam my transgressions, To hide in my bosom mine iniquity,

³⁴Maxaa yeelay, dadka badan waan ka baqay, Oo quudhsiga qaraabaday ayaa i cabsiiyey, Oo saas aawadeed ayaan ku aamusay, oo dibadda uma bixin.

³⁴Because I fear a great multitude, And the contempt of families doth affright me, Then I am silent, I go not out of the opening.

³⁵Hoogaye haddaan lahaan lahaa mid i maqla! (Bal eeg, waa tan calaamaddaydii, haddaba Ilaaha Qaadirka ahu ha ii jawaabo;) Yaa i siinaya eedayntii uu cadowgaygu iga qoray!

³⁵Who giveth to me a hearing? lo, my mark. The Mighty One doth answer me, And a bill hath mine adversary written.

³⁶Sida xaqiiqada ah garabkaygaan ku qaadan lahaa, Oo weliba madaxaan ku xidhan lahaa sidii taaj oo kale.

³⁶If not — on my shoulder I take it up, I bind it a crown on myself.

³⁷Oo waxaan isaga u sheegi lahaa tirada tallaabooyinkaygu inta ay tahay; Oo waxaan isaga ugu soo dhowaan lahaa sidii amiir oo kale.

³⁷The number of my steps I tell Him, As a leader I approach Him.

³⁸Haddii dalkaygu uu iga qayliyo, Oo jeexjeexiisu ay dhammaantood wada ooyaan,

³⁸If against me my land doth cry out, And together its furrows weep,

³⁹Haddaan midhihiisa lacagla'aan ku cunay, Ama aan sabab u noqday in kuwii lahaa ay dhintaan,Sarreenka meeshiisii yamaarug ha ka soo baxo, Oo shiciirka meeshiisiina gocondho ha ka soo baxdo. Ayuub erayadiisii way dhammaadeen.

³⁹If its strength I consumed without money, And the life of its possessors, I have caused to breathe out,

⁴⁰Sarreenka meeshiisii yamaarug ha ka soo baxo, Oo shiciirka meeshiisiina gocondho ha ka soo baxdo. Ayuub erayadiisii way dhammaadeen.

⁴⁰Instead of wheat let a thorn go forth, And instead of barley a useless weed! The words of Job are finished.